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Hello Old Friend

Tonight I came across an album I hadn't heard in more than twenty years. I was browsing and caught it -thankfully!

Back in college I was heavily into synthesized music and one of the albums I played alot was Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene. Wow, does this take me back hearing it! It's such a fantastic experience hearing it on a big rig world's better than so many years ago. It's a powerful emotional experience to relive the joy of the old days and the music.

I'm sure this album won't be for most, but one thing I have found through the years is that synthesized music can be as exquisite as any when heard on a good system. Even though the notes are electronic, they convey character and the better the rig, the more involving and gratifying.

Have you run into any Old Friends lately?
douglas_schroeder
lindisfarne
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BBA is the absolute worst piece of dreck Jeff ever put out. It's a throw-away record. I know arguing "taste" is unfair but, really, you find this to be an "old friend"?

How about...Kinks "Muswell Hillbillies"?
chayro
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I love to pick up a mint or sealed copy of something I loved in my youth. Just brings me back to good times. Some of them include "Feel the Need" (Detroit Emeralds), "JT" (James Taylor)and "Funky Broadway" (Dyke and the Blazers). I just picked up a copy of "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushin. One of the best bass lines ever played, courtesy of Freddy Washington. I'm smiling just writing about it.
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tpreaves
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"Muswell Hillbillies", I think not !!!! What a piece of crap. See, two can play that game. No harm, no foul. BTW, I like the Kinks very much.
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ivan_nosnibor
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Funny you should say that Doug, I haven't heard that album myself since back in the day and I loved it then. Your post here makes me think I should track that one down on CD if it exists. I think that would surely take me back too!

Regards. John
douglas_schroeder OP
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Yeah, this is not a music critic thread; glad to see you guys worked it out. :)

John, I still have cassettes in the garage with some good stuff on them. I have a deck out there and sometimes when I work at the bench or play basketball with the boys I put on a tape. I think I'll glance at the titles and glean another name or two...

Tpreaves, yeah, I just a week ago picked up Beck's "Guitar Shop," which I used to play alot. Nice trip down memory lane. These old favorites sound incredible on a good rig. We had no clue how good this music was back when we first heard it, unless seeing the artist live. :)

Another name comes back to me in the synthestized genre; Isao Tomita's "Snowflakes Are Dancing," which was more like watercolor pictures for the ear, I suppose.

I go back and listen now to synthesized stuff from ELP, Steve Miller Band, Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein," etc. and with a far better rig than when I first enjoyed them my appreciation of the musicianship soars. These peices were not just novelties, but really good musicianship. They sound far better now than they did back then. :)

No reason not to love synthesized music as an audiophile. :)
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